Described as a "poet amongst pianists", Portuguese artist Artur Pizarro presents a new recording of the complete solo piano works of Sergei Rachmaninoff. A former...continue...
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Steven Osborne has become increasingly admired for his performances and recordings of Russian Romantic piano music. Here he presents an impressive selection from two masters...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (12/21/2012-12/23/2012)....continue...

Pianist Yulia Chaplina presents a virtousic recital of works by four famed Russian composers of the 19th and 20th centuries. In addition to the Rachmaninov...continue...
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In September 2009 Sofya Gulyak was awarded the first prize and the Princess Mary Gold Medal at the 16th Leeds International Piano Competition - the...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex, UK (11/20/2012-11/22/2012)....continue...

Discovered and championed by Ashkenazy when only 14 years old, Luká Vondrácek has slowly and deliberately carved out a major international career for himself. His...continue...
Recording information: Endler Hall, Stellenbosch University, South Africa (09/29/2012-03/30/2012)....continue...

Pianist Alessandro Mazzamuto was the winner of the first Lodovici prize, and this recording was part of his award. The Lodovici prize was established to...continue...
Recording information: Fazioli Concert Hall, Sacile, PN, Italy (06/20/2012-06/22/2012)....continue...

Junko Inada is currently one of the most respected pianists in Japan who had one of her most important successes at the time at the...continue...
Recording information: Campus, Krefeld-Fichtenhain, Germany (03/12/2012-03/14/2012)....continue...

The debut recording by Canadian Katherine Chi - the first woman and first Canadian to win Canada's Honens International Piano Competition (2000). This recording features...continue...
Recording information: Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada (04/2003)....continue...

With her winning combination of consummate technical brilliance, fine musicianship, and personal verve, the pianist Xiayin Wang captures the hearts of audiences wherever she appears....continue...
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Bulgarian pianist Irina Georgieva studied at the Sofia Conservatory and then at the Music Academy of Basel where she worked with Rudolf Buchbinder. She has...continue...
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In her early twenties the Armenian pianist Nareh Arghamanyan, winner of the 2008 Montreal International Music Competition, belongs to the promising generation of today's fine...continue...
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'My teacher Nadia Boulanger was absolutely against Rachmaninov's music, and when I was asked to play the Third Concerto, this was for her the worst...continue...
Recording information: Maronite Church, Rue d'Ulm, Paris (1972)....continue...

"This CD is well recorded, professionally presented, and programmed to play to the performer's strengths ... the ideal way to make a recording debut." -...continue...
Recording information: Dukes Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London, England (07/07/2008-07/09/2008)....continue...

The meteoric ascent of Vassily Primakov's international career has resulted from a series of competition victories, prizes in honor of his artistry, and his award-winning...continue...
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Nikolai Lugansky, now a household name on the international concert stages, began his recording career in his early twenties for the label Vanguard Classics. This...continue...
Recording information: Doopsgezinde Kerk, Amsterdam, Netherland (01/26/1993-01/28/1993)....continue...

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme of Chopin, for piano, Op. 22; Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42; Transcription of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee" from "The Tale of the T...
Performers:
Wild, Earl [Piano]

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42; Variations on a Theme of Chopin, for piano, Op. 22
Performers:
Lugansky, Nikolai [Piano] Conductors:
Oramo, Sakari Ensemble:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

This imaginative CD of all three of Rachmaninov's fiendishly-difficult large-scale variations complements Nikolai Lugansky's ongoing survey of Rachmaninov's piano music, including the piano concertos ...continue...